What is the Greatest Common Factor of 46742 and 46760?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 46742 and 46760 is 2.

GCF(46742,46760) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 46742 and 46760, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 46742 and 46760.

How to find the GCF of 46742 and 46760?

We will first find the prime factorization of 46742 and 46760. After we will calculate the factors of 46742 and 46760 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 46742

Prime factors of 46742 are 2, 23371. Prime factorization of 46742 in exponential form is:

46742 = 2¹ × 23371¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 46760

Prime factors of 46760 are 2, 5, 7, 167. Prime factorization of 46760 in exponential form is:

46760 = 2³ × 5¹ × 7¹ × 167¹

Step-3: Factors of 46742

List of positive integer factors of 46742 that divides 46742 without a remainder.

1, 2, 23371

Step-4: Factors of 46760

List of positive integer factors of 46760 that divides 46742 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 8, 10, 14, 20, 28, 35, 40, 56, 70, 140, 167, 280, 334, 668, 835, 1169, 1336, 1670, 2338, 3340, 4676, 5845, 6680, 9352, 11690, 23380

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 46742 and 46760. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 46742 and 46760 is 2.

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